Articles and Papers: The Archives

Welcome to our Articles and Papers area! Our introductory article explores the framework for organizational alignment: key organizational components with definitions and examples, as well as their implications for real-world applications.
The articles below are available for download or online viewing using Acrobat Reader. If you need to obtain a copy of this free cross platform application please visit www.adobe.com . Papers Available in Vanguard's Archive:
	Riding the Winds of Change The Power of an Agile Organizational Culture, by Donald T. Tosti, Ph.D. Principles and practices for organizational agility: a syntheses of theory and research into what key practices makes organizations better able to change as their marketplace changes.
	Partnering, by Donald T. Tosti, Ph.D. and Stephanie Jackson Principles and practices for effective teamwork between teams: the requirements for building effective working relationships across groups that must work toward mutual goals - for example, parties to a joint venture, departments in an organization, or customers and suppliers.
	Targeted Leadership, by Donald Tosti, Ph.D. and Stephanie Jackson. Principles and practices for performance-based leadership: focuses not on what leaders are like, but on what 'followers' need from them to deliver bottom-line results.

Additional Publications:

Systemic Change,
by Donald T. Tosti, Ph.D.
In Performance Improvement Journal, Vol. 39, No. 3,
March 2000, pg. 53. Washington DC: International Society for Performance Improvement.

Global Fluency,
by Donald T. Tosti, Ph.D.
In Performance Improvement Journal, Vol. 38, No. 2,
February 1999, pgs. 49-54. Washington DC: International Society for Performance Improvement.

Feedback
by Donald Tosti, Ph.D. and Stephanie Jackson.
In Handbook of Human Performance Technology, H. Stolovitch & E. Keeps, eds. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer,1999, pgs. 395-410. 1999.

Influencing Others to Act
by Donald Tosti, Ph.D. and Stephanie Jackson.
In Handbook of Human Performance Technology, H. Stolovitch & E. Keeps, eds. San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer,1999, pgs. 759-775. 1999.

Alignment: How it Works and Why it Matters
by Donald T. Tosti, Ph.D. and Stephanie Jackson.
In Training Magazine, April 1994. Minneapolis, MN: Lakewood Publications.